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Windows 8’s hidden dangers to game developers
The Metro interface in Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 will, for the first time, close itself off from many developers, locking submissions behind an approval process akin to Apple’s App Store. Some of its rules are prohibitive, and many games that would otherwise thrive on Microsoft’s open Windows platform will never be given a chance. Thankfully, Windows 8 offers a “desktop mode,” which lets users switch to old-style Windows and run whatever code they want. As …
